Wednesday, 12 November 2014

No need for drama on UKIP government - we're living it today

There is reportedly a drama being made for screening next year depicting Britain under a UKIP government. This does seem a bit of a waste of time, given that as far as I can see we already are living under such a regime. The Tory Coalition follows UKIP policy to the letter with its anti-immigrant, anti-EU and anti-wind turbines positions. Maybe the drama should develop what life under a Tory/UKIP government will look like in the longer term – skills shortages, low paid insecure work, rising unemployment, riots due to crushing poverty and the lights going out due to mismanagement of energy resources. The new scapegoats replacing immigrants in this brave new world will probably be the elderly